The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors Invite You on a Journey to a New Land

San Francisco-The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, an Asian Pacific Islander American comedy theater group, present My Own Private Sukiprata, the second workshop production of original comedic material about a mythical Asian nation. The show runs Wednesdays through Sundays, 8:00 p.m., opening Wednesday, January 17 and closing Sunday, January 28, 2001, at Theater of Yugen/Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa Avenue (at Alabama near 18" Street), San Francisco. Tickets are $812 sliding scale (general admission) and $7 for groups of ten or more. For information and reservations, please call 415.646.0868 or e-mail hornbuck@sfsu.edu or haroldbyun@usa.net.

Members of the press and one guest are invited to attend any opening weekend performance (January 17-21). For press reservations, please call 415.646.0868 or e-mail hornbuck@sfsu.edu or haroldbyun@usa.net .

The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors began as resident artists at San Francisco's Asian American Theater Company in 1994. Since its premiere production, In Deep Shabu Shabu, the group has written and produced nine feature shows, three collaborations with respected groups such as Culture Clash, Campo Santo and Latina Theater Lab, and toured nationally and internationally at colleges, universities, arts festivals and theatrical venues. In just six years, the group has established itself as a new force in Asian Pacific Islander American arts. They've been touted as the "Asian American version of In Living Color" and were picked as the "Smash Hit" of the 1996 Hong Kong Fringe Arts Festival (the second largest in the world after the Edinburgh Fringe Festival). They wield their unique brand of comedy– culled from influences ranging from Monty Python ' Flying Circus and In Living Color to Culture Clash and Hone Kong action movies-both to entertain and to provoke thought about the issues that affect Asian Pacific Islander Americans. Non-Asian Pacific Islander American audiences have also responded very positively, because the group approaches issues in a non-didactic manner and laughter knows no cultural boundaries. The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors are: Harold S. Byun, Valiant Chow, Linda Chuan, Rhoda Gravador, Rania Ho, Michael Chih Ming Hornbuckle, Todd Nakagawa, Michael Premsrirat, Greg Watanabe, Pearl Wong and Pete Wong.